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Andale, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67001. The Survey maps it on the Mount Hope quadrangle. 941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.

Andale within Sedgwick County

Population over time

2 figures

Andale grew from 928 to 941 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010928
2020941+13 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

28 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Andale between 2015 and 2018, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSedgwick County80
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service6485
6 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County4748
24 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County5228
15 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service5382
21 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County59
21 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service4677
13 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick County

Storms near this place

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andale in 56 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 29 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1999Tornado (F0)Andale$100,000Weak tornado, embedded in strong downburst winds, inflicted minor damage to 3 houses, 1 silo, 1 trailer and to numerous trees.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindAndale$75,000A barn and a garage were destroyed.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindAndale$50,000The whole roof of the Andale Middle School was torn off and blown into the middle of the road.
July 2010Flash FloodAndale$40,000Law enforcement reported that numerous county roads were closed across the northwest portions of the county. Sandbagging occurred in Colwich and two residents reported two feet of water in the basement. Rainfall amounts ranged from 5 to 7 inches across the area. Street flooding also occurred in Andale, Valley Center and Sedgwick.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindAndale$15,000Winds estimated around 60 mph downed 4 utility poles on 61st Street North, between 215th and 199th Streets West. Damage amounts are rough estimates. The Mount Hope Clarion was the sole contributor to this report.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAndale$10,000Picture on social media of a large tree knocked down in Andale, Kansas.
December 2015Flash FloodAndale$10,000A water rescue was performed by the Wichita Fire Department at the intersection of 85th st. N and 215th st. W. The car was stranded in running water.
March 1993HailAndale$5,000no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAndale$500Large branches were broken off of some trees.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAndale-This was measured on a personal weather station.
March 2024HailAndale-There was an accumulating hail report of penny sized hail covering the ground near Andale.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAndale-Measured wind gust from personal weather station.
April 2022HailAndale-A trained spotter reported most of the hail was pea to nickel size, but a few stones were around two inches in diameter.
June 2022HailAndale-Quarter sized hail was accompanied by 70 to 80 mph winds.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAndale-Damage was reported to some fences, and trees were blown down along with a light pole. An air conditioner was moved off of its cement pad.
June 2022Heavy RainAndale-A Cocorahs station near Andale reported 1.36 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindAndale-A metal shed was damaged, front doors were blown in, half of the roof was blown off, and several power poles were snapped.
June 2019HailAndale-Along highway 96 west of Colwich.
May 2016HailAndale-Report came in via Twitter.
May 2016HailAndale-Report came in via Twitter.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAndale-Unspecified tree damage resulted.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAndale-A large tree limb was blown down. Report was relayed via social media.
June 2015Flash FloodAndale-The intersection was completely covered and impassable. Barricades have been put in place due to the dangerous conditions.
May 2014HailAndale-Half dollar sized hail was reported at 29th street north and 295th street west.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAndale-Reported by a KWCH storm chaser.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Andale-The tornado touched down briefly over open country.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAndale-Winds were estimated around 70 mph.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAndale-80 mph gust measured with a home weather station. Three to five inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAndale-Some tree damage was observed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAndale-KFDI Radio mobile unit. Damage?
July 2005HailAndale-KFDI Radio mobile unit.
April 2001HailAndale-Occurred at 71st St S/342nd St W. intersection.
June 1998Flash FloodAndale-The Cowskin Creek flooded 1 mile stretch of 247th Street N, 2 miles N of Andale.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAndale-no account filed
May 2016HailAndale-no account filed
September 2010HailAndale-no account filed
March 2009HailAndale-no account filed
May 2009HailAndale-no account filed
May 2005HailAndale-no account filed
May 2005HailAndale-no account filed
May 2005HailAndale-no account filed
March 2002HailAndale-no account filed
May 2002HailAndale-no account filed
May 2002HailAndale-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAndale-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAndale-no account filed
May 2002HailAndale-no account filed
June 2001HailAndale-no account filed
September 1999HailAndale-no account filed
September 1999HailAndale-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAndale-no account filed
June 1998HailAndale-no account filed
June 1998HailAndale-no account filed
June 1998HailAndale-no account filed
June 1998HailAndale-no account filed
June 1998HailAndale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sedgwick County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Colwich5.0 miles14
Saint Marks5.2 miles14
Mount Hope5.7 miles14
Saint Marys5.8 miles14
Berwet7.7 miles20
Maize8.6 miles20
Bentley8.9 miles14
Goddard9.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AndaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2328922The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473809. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.